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- Resolution on Alternative Education Campuses (to CASB): The board approved a resolution asking the Colorado Association of School Boards (CASB) to request that the Colorado Department of Education separate alternative education campus (AEC) data from district performance framework calculations. The board said AECs serve students with distinct needs whose outcomes can disproportionately affect district performance metrics. Vote: unanimous among voting board members present.

- Resolution calling for nominations for school director candidates: The board approved the standard resolution to call for nominations. Vote: unanimous among voting members present.

- Resolution providing official notice of intent to participate in the coordinated election (Nov. 4, 2025) and appointment of designated election officials: The board authorized participation in the coordinated election and appointed Lynette DePaul as the designated election official and Carrie Frederick as deputy designated election official. Vote: unanimous among voting members present.

Other procedural approvals were handled during the consent agenda and passed without individual discussion. The board recorded the votes on these items during the July 10 meeting; the official board minutes will list full roll calls and motions.

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Director DeVola successfully moved to replace a line on page five regarding the district's values. The amendment reads: \"We value all people by respecting and celebrating everyone's individual worth and contributions.\" After discussion, the board approved the handbook as amended.

Director Schmidt raised a point about cautious language given recent state executive orders and guidance; Superintendent Hiltz and board members discussed balancing clarity with legal and policy considerations. Director Heil voted against a particular amendment earlier in the meeting but voted with the majority on the final handbook approval. The final roll call recorded all present board members voting in favor of the handbook.

The handbook approval is administrative and will be used across Waypoint campuses. Board members said the handbook can be updated by future motions if further legal or policy changes require it.

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Britney Brennan, District 49 charter school specialist, presented the application review and internal and DAC rubric scores; the application averaged 3.3 on a 1–4 scale across review categories. The board moved to approve the application with milestones attached.

Key conditions the applicant must meet include: purchase of land by Feb. 28, 2026, or verification of a viable facility if land purchase does not occur; letters of intent from families by Aug. 31, 2026; specific enrollment targets (75% by Jan. 1, 2027; 85% by March 1, 2027; and at least 94% by June 1, 2027, of the district's projected opening enrollment); a completed plan for PowerSchool integration with district student information systems by Jan. 1, 2027; submission of a food service plan by Jan. 1, 2027; and hiring a school leader by Jan. 1, 2027. The board also specified that the charter approval is conditional and subject to meeting the milestones in the stated timeline.

Superintendent Hiltz recommended approval and praised the application team as \"one of the strongest application groups\" he has encountered in his tenure, while noting that strong applications do not guarantee future operating performance. Board members expressed appreciation for the application detail and the Marzano model; questions focused on whether technical SIS integration and enrollment targets can be met. The board voted in favor.

The recorded roll call for the approval was unanimous among voting members present. The charter team was welcomed and advised to meet the milestones and continue collaboration with district staff.

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\"The judge observed that school board meetings ... are properly classified as a limited public forum, which means that you may make reasonable restrictions on time, manner, and place of expression,\" Superintendent Hiltz told the board. He said the upcoming trial will focus first on whether the district's standard is reasonable and then on whether it was applied consistently.

Hiltz described the policy at issue as objective and workable — for example, prohibiting signs with written messaging — and said the district's enforcement decisions were made under a clear protocol. He warned that the trial will include significant witness testimony and likely take multiple days; while the superintendent is at trial he will be largely offline and unreachable.

Board members discussed the case briefly during board updates. Director Schmidt said she had hoped to keep the litigation out of public debate and expressed disappointment that the superintendent had publicly characterized aspects of the trial; other directors noted the legal characterization will affect how the board writes and enforces meeting rules.

The superintendent framed the district's position as defending a policy that draws clear, objective lines about permissible expression and time limits, and he recommended the board rely on that standard when setting meeting procedures.

No trial date beyond \"next week\" was given at the meeting. The board directed administration to continue coordinating with legal counsel and acknowledged the superintendent's reduced availability while in trial.

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The board approved the policy as amended after extended debate that ranged over emergency uses, whether the policy should apply to noninstructional periods such as passing times and extracurricular events, and how principals and zone superintendents should coordinate exceptions. The motion to approve passed with four board members voting yes and one voting no.

The policy, as adopted, bars personal electronic devices for students in kindergarten through eighth grade and restricts ninth through 12th grade use during instructional time; the board retained language that allows building leaders and zone superintendents to establish additional rules \"at their discretion\" to address individual campus needs. The board also restored original wording that permitted device use during noninstructional time (for example, lunch) \"as determined by administration.\" The board rejected proposed edits that would have narrowed the policy to allow devices more broadly during the school day.

Superintendent Hiltz framed the adopted policy as the product of a yearlong development process that included whiteboard sessions, input from principals, the student board of representatives, safety and security reviews and a trial protocol. \"Principals have been deeply involved, and most of them have asked us to tighten up and to remove variability, to increase consistency,\" Superintendent Hiltz said during the meeting. Dr. Nancy Lamont, deputy superintendent and executive director of individualized education, told the board that the emergency‑use language came in large part from parents who asked that phones be available to help reunification and locate missing students during evacuations.

Board discussion reflected differing views about enforcement and student development. Director Schmidt argued for a stricter approach, saying the policy should do more to protect students from distractions and social harms: \"Students get hundreds of notifications per day, meaning hundreds of distractions and hundreds of times to refocus,\" Schmidt said. By contrast, Director Haile and others said older students need opportunities to exercise responsibility and that parents who purchase phones for high school students expect direct communication: \"When there is a safety or security threat at their school, the parent doesn't want to wait for a complicated process to notify 900 students when they can reach out to their own student directly,\" Haile said.

The board considered and voted on multiple amendments during the meeting. Directors debated removing a belief statement that said electronic devices \"may be useful tools for students in the educational environment.\" Director DeVola moved to revise that sentence to say devices \"can play a vital communication role during emergency situations;\" that amendment failed on a roll call (ayes: DeVola, Schmidt; nays: Thompson, Olivia Wright, Heil). The board later restored other original redline language concerning noninstructional time and the role of administrators and zone superintendents. The board also voted down an amendment to ban devices during passing periods for grades 9–12.

The final recorded roll call on approval read: DiVala — Aye; Thompson — Aye; Schmidt — No; Olivia Wright — Aye; Heil — Aye. Board leadership announced the motion passed.

Actions required by the policy include: K–8 bans on devices during the school day; restrictions for grades 9–12 during instructional time; an explicit carve‑out for emergencies defined in the policy as \"an actual or imminent threat to the health or safety of students and/or school personnel which may result in death, bodily injury, or property damage\"; and a requirement that principals and zone superintendents coordinate campus‑level exceptions.

The superintendent said administrators will apply the policy and that principals asked for enforceable, objective rules. Brian Smith, zone superintendent, told the board his building‑level experience showed hallway and passing‑time enforcement requires active staff supervision but is feasible when staff are present to confiscate visible phones.

The board's debate also touched on practical classroom uses: Director Heil and others described lessons where cameras or phone apps can directly support student work and noted the policy allows administrative approval for such instructional uses. Dr. Lamont reiterated that the policy reflects principal input and parent concerns about emergency communication.

The board voted to approve policy JICJ with the amendments adopted at the July 10 meeting. The policy takes effect according to the timeline in the board packet; details about implementation, including any regulations or administrative procedures, will be developed by district administration.

Votes at the meeting recorded other accompanying approvals and minor edits that returned portions of the redline draft to the original language submitted by administration. Board members said the policy can be revisited and amended in future meetings.

The meeting transcript shows the cell‑phone item began under agenda item 7.1 and produced the longest single discussion of the evening, occupying most of the meeting's substantive time.

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